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Art.16 |
Article 16 |
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Art.16.1 |
1. Any Contracting Party to this Convention may propose amendments to the Convention. Amendments shall be adopted by a diplomatic conference which shall be convened by the Organization at the request of two thirds of the Contracting Parties. |
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Art.16.2 |
2. Any Contracting Party to this Convention may propose amendments to any Protocol. Such amendments shall be adopted by a diplomatic conference which shall be convened by the Organization at the request of two thirds of the Contracting Parties to the Protocol concerned. |
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Art.16.3 |
3. Amendments to this Convention shall be adopted by a three-fourths majority vote of the Contracting Parties to the Convention which are represented at the diplomatic conference and shall be submitted by the Depositary for acceptance by all Contracting Parties to the Convention. Amendments to any Protocol shall be adopted by a three-fourths majority vote of the Contracting Parties to such Protocol which are represented at the diplomatic conference and shall be submitted by the Depositary for acceptance by all Contracting Parties to such Protocol. |
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Art.16.4 |
4. Acceptance of amendments shall be notified to the Depositary in writing. Amendments adopted in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article shall enter into force between Contracting Parties having accepted such amendments on the 30th day following the receipt by the Depositary of notification of their acceptance by at least three-fourths of the Contracting Parties to this Convention or to the Protocol concerned, as the case may be. |
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Art.16.5 |
5. After the entry into force of an amendment to this Convention or to a Protocol, any new Contracting Party to this Convention or such Protocol shall become a Contracting Party to the instrument as amended. |
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Art.17 |
Article 17 |
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Art.17.1 |
1. Annexes to this Convention or to any Protocol shall form an integral part of the Convention or such Protocol, as the case may be. |
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Art.17.2 |
2. Except as may be otherwise provided in any Protocol, the following procedure shall apply to the adoption and entry into force of any amendments to Annexes to this Convention or to any Protocol, with the exception of amendments to the Annex on Arbitration: |
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Art.17.2.i |
(i) any Contracting Party may propose amendments to the Annexes to this Convention or to any Protocols and the meetings referred to in Article 14; |
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Art.17.2.ii |
(ii) such amendments shall be adopted by a three-fourths majority vote of the Contracting Parties to the instrument in question; |
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Art.17.2.iii |
(iii) the Depositary shall without delay communicate the amendments so adopted to all Contracting Parties; |
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Art.17.2.iv |
(iv) any Contracting Party that is unable to approve an amendment to the Annexes to this Convention or to any Protocol shall so notify in writing the Depositary within a period determined by the Contracting Parties concerned when adopting the amendment; |
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Art.17.2.v |
(v) the Depositary shall without delay notify all Contracting Parties of any notification received pursuant to the proceeding subparagraph; |
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Art.17.2.vi |
(vi) on expiry of the period referred to in subparagraph (iv) above, the amendment to the Annex shall become effective for all Contracting Parties to this Convention or to the Protocol concerned which have not submitted a notification in accordance with the provisions of that subparagraph. |
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Art.17.3 |
3. The adoption and entry into force of a new Annex to this Convention or to any Protocol shall be subject to the same procedure as for the adoption and entry into force of an amendment to an Annex in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article, provided that, if any amendment to the Convention or the Protocol concerned is involved, the new Annex shall not enter into force until such time as the amendment to the Convention or the Protocol concerned enters into force. |
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Art.17.4 |
4. Amendments to the Annex on Arbitration shall be considered to be amendments to this Convention and shall be proposed and adopted in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 16 above. |
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Art.25 |
Article 25 |
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Art.25.1x |
This Convention and any Protocol thereto shall be subject to ratification, acceptance, or approval. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Government of Spain, which will assume the functions of Depositary. |
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Art.26 |
Article 26 |
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Art.26.1 |
1. As from 17 February 1977, the present Convention, the Protocol for the prevention of pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by dumping from ships and aircraft, and the Protocol concerning co-operation in combating pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by oil and other harmful substances in cases of emergency shall be open for accession by the States, by the European Economic Community and by any grouping as referred to in Article 24. |
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Art.26.2 |
2. After the entry into force of the Convention and of any Protocol, any State not referred to in Article 24 may accede to this Convention and to any Protocol, subject to prior approval by three-fourths of the Contracting Parties to the Protocol concerned. |
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Art.26.3 |
3. Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Depositary. |
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Art.29 |
Article 29 |
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Art.29.1 |
1. The Depositary shall inform the Contracting Parties, any other Party referred to in Article 24, and the Organization: |
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Art.29.1.i |
(i) of the signature of this Convention and of any Protocol thereto, and of the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession in accordance with Articles 24, 25 and 26; |
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Art.29.1.ii |
(ii) of the date on which the Convention and any Protocol will come into force in accordance with the provisions of Article 27; |
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Art.29.1.iii |
(iii) of notifications of withdrawal made in accordance with Article 28; |
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Art.29.1.iv |
(iv) of the amendments adopted with respect to the Convention and to any Protocol, their acceptance by the Contracting Parties and the date of entry into force of those amendments in accordance with the provisions of Article 16; |
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Art.29.1.v |
(v) of the adoption of new Annexes and of the amendment of any Annex in accordance with Article 17; |
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Art.29.1.vi |
(vi) of declarations recognizing as compulsory the application of the arbitration procedure mentioned in paragraph 3 of Article 22. |
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Art.29.2 |
2. The original of this Convention and of any Protocol thereto shall be deposited with the Depositary, the Government of Spain, which shall send certified copies thereof to the Contracting Parties, to the Organization, and to the Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration and publication in accordance with Article 102 of the United Nations Charter. |
